Can't Deny the Heart
Summary: Alternate version to the original story. Takes place morning after Kayla nurses Steve after Victor's goons beat him up.
Rating: PG-13
Beta by: Slynn6776
Notes: This is an alternate version. Its one of my favorite things to do, to create a "what if" story. This version is changing history of Steve and Kayla. I do this with full respect to the canon but I had this plot bunny in my head for some time and I had to see how it would play.
Disclaimer: I do not own any of this stuff. But man, if I did...
Kayla's eyes flew open as she gasped for breath. Checking the clock, she saw it was only five minutes before her alarm was set to go off. Sitting up, she held her head as she thought about the dream she was experiencing only a few minutes earlier.
In it, Steve had came into her bedroom and she told him to take his shirt off. He grinned and lowered himself into her bed and they began to kiss. As Kayla was begging for more, reality cruelly woke her up.
Forcing herself out of bed, Kayla went to take a shower. Her mind managed to let the memory of the dream leave, but it was only replaced by the real memory of Steve's kiss in the pantry. Irritated that she couldn't stop herself from these thoughts, Kayla flew through her shower and went to work on her hair.
Thinking of the last things Steve said to her, Kayla couldn't help but wonder how Steve's life had gotten to such a point that kept him from allowing himself to open up to people. He obviously had instincts to be a good person. He didn't hesitate to save Bo at his own great personal risk. The roses he sent Kayla were obviously meant to thank her for helping him, and Hope was able to get Steve not just drop everything to make sure she was alright but help her out to save face.
Finishing up with clothes and make up, Kayla realized if she was going to get to really understand Steve, she was going to just have to grit her teeth, roll up her sleeves and dive in head first. Checking her watch, she knew she had time before she had to be at work. There was only one person she was interested in talking too.
Steve heard knocking and lifted his head out of bed. The knocking was growing louder and Steve managed to walk up the stairs and open the door. There stood Kayla giving him a look that took his breath away.
"Kayla, what are you doing here?"
She took a step towards him, "I felt badly about last night. When I said we needed to talk, what I mean was I wanted to get to know you better."
Steve couldn't believe what he was hearing, "No, you don't. You want me to be like a guy like Chris, well, I'm not, I'm a nobody."
Kayla shushed him, putting her hand on his lips. "I want to know you, Steve. I want to get to know the real you."
Steve felt his breath leave as she put her hand down. He dipped his head towards her as she said, "And this is the best way I know how." Steve's arms wrapped around her as they kissed. Just as the kiss began to deepen, Steve felt someone jerk him around and suddenly Hope was in front of him yelling, "What are you doing?"
Steve woke up with a start! Breathing heavy, he had been having dreams like that all night. He was never going to get any rest if he kept dreaming about Kayla coming to his apartment.
"Like that would happen!" Steve said. Walking over to his small refrigerator, Steve poured a glass of orange juice and drank it practically in one gulp. Standing there, he still couldn't get Kayla out of his head. Kissing her yesterday was probably the stupidest thing he had ever done. Now knowing what she tasted like and felt like, Kayla was going to be more distracting then ever. Even so, her actions of the last few days told him that Kayla was not just Bo Brady's sister anymore. Calling her a good person was an understatement. Hope had said it better the other day, Kayla was really special.
Shaking his head, he decided he better head over to Victor and tell him the truth. He can send ten more goons to beat him up, but he wasn't going to spy on Kayla anymore, and the old man better not send another guy in his place.
